Neritoidea

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Neritoidea
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Two different views of shells of the freshwater nerite Theodoxus danubialis
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Neritimorpha
Order: Cycloneritida
Superfamily: Neritoidea
Rafinesque, 1815
Families

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Neritoidea is a taxonomic superfamily of mostly sea snails, nerites and their allies, marine gastropod mollusks in the order Cycloneritida (according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005). [1] [2]

Previously this superfamily was in the order Neritoida in the superorder Neritopsina.

Families

Families within the superfamily Neritoidea are as follows (according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005):

Synonyms

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References

  1. Bouchet, Philippe; Rocroi, Jean-Pierre; Frýda, Jiri; Hausdorf, Bernard; Ponder, Winston; Valdés, Ángel & Warén, Anders (2005). "Classification and nomenclator of gastropod families". Malacologia . Hackenheim, Germany: ConchBooks. 47 (1–2): 1–397. ISBN   3-925919-72-4. ISSN   0076-2997.
  2. MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Neritoidea Rafinesque, 1815. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=196314 on 2020-08-21